From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak Donate From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak

Bear Ears Buttes in the background. Looking north from the top of Cedar Mesa, San Juan County, Utah. Elevation 7000 feet. A conversation with author Terry Tempest Williams about the source of the problem in the battle over public lands in southern Utah. Click here for a link to some of Terry's work. Music by Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg ...…

Looking south towards the Navajo Reservation from the top of Cedar Ridge, Utah. The first in a series of reports about the controversy over public land in southern Utah, plus a story by radio genius Joe Frank, who passed away January 15, 2018. Donate

I don't know who took this photo, but it sure is a good one. Maybe it's Thor. Something to get your mind off the sorry state of affairs these days. You can make a one-time donation by Stripe, below, or hit the Pay Pal button in the menu bar to subscribe for as little as on dollar a month. Thanks for listening. Donate…

My friend Alex and I try to visit the Utah Data Center, 20 miles south of my house in Salt Lake City. DONATE BY TEXT 801-876-1913 Check out The Sonosopher, a documentary about Alex Caldiero. James Bamford's article on the Utah Data Center in Wired Magazine. Music from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.…

I try it again, this time with some respect. The short clip of music in the middle of the story is by the Icelandic group MUM. The music at the end is a North Vietnamese boys' choir, a recording given to me by Alex Chadwick. Donate

Paul Brennan, Creighton King, and myself at the Green River Lakes in the summer of 1991. I thought, considering the recent mind-fuck of news, it would be good to play a relaxing story. This is a re-run from a couple summers ago, although I originally produced it in 1991 for Weekend All Things Considered. Donate…

An undocumented farm worker in New England, USA. Photo by Erica Heilman. Donald Trump promised to build a wall along the border with Mexico but at this point there is little support in Congress to actually fund the construction. And there's been a sharp decline in illegal immigration since Trump took office, even without an actual wall. Perhaps ...…

The opening of Santa Elena's Canyon, Big Bend National Park. The left side of the canyon is in Mexico, the right side is in the United States. Interviews with people on both sides of the border in and around Big Bend National Park, Texas. Donate Tourists crossing the Rio Grande at Boquillas del Carmen. Float trips on the Rio Grande are very pop ...…

The Rio Grande in Bend Bend Ranch State Park, Texas, just west of Big Bend National Park. The first part of a series about the proposed wall along the border. A visit to Big Bend National Park. Music: Down By the River by Neil Young Donate The Rio Grande near Lajitas, Texas.

I-10, Texas, 1983 This is how I started producing stories for public radio in 1983. I was extremely lucky. Some people say I still am. Music during the introduction: Slow Bicycle by Mum Donate Soapbox preacher, I-10 near El Paso, Texas, 1983

photo by CNBC Who is this guy? Who is he really? We think of him as a villain, but perhaps he's more the tragic hero, doomed to lose everything he cares about. The link to Bonnie Raitt on the David Letterman show Donate

Photo from jennimonet.com. (Her name is misspelled in the photo.) On February 8th, the Army Corps of Engineers approved the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under the Missouri River. This is an interview with Jenni Monet, an independent journalist who's been embedded at Standing Rock since the first week of December. She was arres ...…

Donald Trump is a manifestation of our collective fear and anger. We created him. This show is a collection of interviews with people who supported Trump leading up to the election. They are not easy to listen to, but I think we should try in order to better understand what happened, and what is happening now. Music: What's Opera Doc? from "Bug ...…

This story originally aired on This American Life in 1996, but there's a new rant at the end. Music: White Rabbit by Grace Slick, performed by Mayssa Karaa for the American Hustle soundtrack. Donate Photo by Carlo Nasisse

Thousands of veterans join the Water Protectors, and the Army Corps of Engineers denies the permit for the pipeline to go under the Missouri River. Music: One Monkey by Gillian Welch Arikara headress. Donate A peaceful demonstration on Highway 1806, next to the Oceti Sakowin camp. Ladonna Brave Bull Allard Celebrating after the Army Corps annou ...…

The Missouri River at Lake Oahe, one mile downstream from the proposed crossing of the Dakota Access Pipeline. What it's like at some of the more peaceful anti-pipeline protests or "actions" in North Dakota. Music by Max Richter from the HBO series The Leftovers. Donate Blocking State Highway 6, west of Mandan, North Dakota. November 15, 2016. ...…

A water protecter, near Mandan, North Dakota. The battle at the bridge, November 20, 2016. Music by Mum. These are the dump trucks blocking state highway 1806 at the bridge over Cantapeda Creek, less than a mile north of the Sacred Stone Camp, less than a mile south of where the pipeline crosses the highway. The battle on November 20 started as ...…

Upper Paradise Valley, Montana. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to take the Yellowstone grizzly bear off the list of endangered species, perhaps before the end of this year. This is the beginning of a series about the issues surrounding the management of the bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Donate The South Fork of the ...…

Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio The RNC in Cleveland followed two weeks of brutal (YouTubed) shootings in America. Anyone who showed up at the protests was either paid to be there, like the police and the media, or they were for some reason unafraid of the potential for more violence. As it was, things stayed relatively peaceful, except for loud ...…

Sean Whitty and Christopher Traviano. I went to the Republican and Democratic conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia to see who showed up outside on the streets. This is the first in a short series of reports. Donate Sean Whitty's back tattoo. A quote by Sam Adams on Sean's arm. The Public Square in downtown Cleveland, where some of the prot ...…

William Thomas, Lafayette Park, Washington D.C., 1984 Interviews with people occupying Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. in the early 1980s. Sarah Vowell's new book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. I will be speaking this week, June 29th, at Tape Fest in Brooklyn. Donate Conception Piccioto, Lafayette Park, Washington D.C., 1984 Tony, ...…

I've heard some people think these maps are not accurate. I think they are accurate enough. I wrote this story as a way to overcome my fear of speaking about the Israel/Palestine Conflict, a serious problem for which we bear some responsibility. I don't know what the solution is, or if a solution is even possible at this point, but I'd at least ...…

I don't know who took this photo, but I owe him or her a t-shirt and patch. I spoke with Jim at Dennis Sizemore's house up Emigration Canyon, about ten miles east of Salt Lake City. We'd eaten dinner and it was too noisy inside the house, so we sat in my pickup truck out in the driveway. Donate

Scott Carrier I'm currently at the Panama Music Festival in Launceston, Tasmania. I was invited to speak about podcasting. So this week I'm posting this story from the archives. It originally was broadcast in 1996 on This American Life. New Home of the Brave patches for sale.

In which I present the numbers, an accounting, to the listeners/supporters of the show. Music by Mum, Slow Bicycle Donate or Subscribe through Pay Pal. Donate through Stripe below: Donate Home of the Brave T-Shirts

Two Sanders supporters at the caucus in Dubuque. A trip to Iowa to see if young people would turn out for the caucus. Donate Zach Meyer at the caucus in Dubuque. Lots of older folks turned out, and they mainly supported Hillary Clinton. Sometimes it was necessary to count more than once, by different methods. Donate Highway 6, Nebraska, on the ...…

Jim Harmston (photo by the Salt Lake Tribune) Originally broadcast in the "Factions" show of This American Life in 1996. Edited by Alix Spiegel and Ira Glass. Inspired by a story in The Salt Lake City Weekly by Carolyn Campbell. About a group of renegade Mormon polygamists in central Utah. Donate

Brand Thornton, one of the militia that has taken over the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. An Interview with one of the Bundy gang. Donate Pete Santili covering the event. On the road from Burns, Oregon, to the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge. Donate

The final report on the refugee trail, describing how they travel from Athens to Germany. Music: Crossroad Metamorphosis and Super FM Dub by Hayvanlar Alemi. Donate Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen Walking from the Greek border to Gevgelija, Macedonia. Gevgelija, Macedonia. A Syrian with two babies, near Gevgelija. Check point at the transit camp on ...…

Interviews with refugees as they arrive on the beach, having crossed the Aegean Sea in rubber rafts. Donate Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen Newlyweds. They left Afghanistan after her family tried to force her to marry another man. When the boats reach the shore, children are lifted out first by volunteers. This girl is crying for her mother who is ...…

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